“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain” Mark Twain
ISSUE 37
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Saturday 12 May 2012
EMPLOYERS GLOOMY ON JOB PROSPECTS CEOE concerned at impact of spending cuts in Canaries ◗The Tenerife branch of the influential CEOE employers’ association says more jobless gloom is in store for this year and next due to the latest spending cutbacks by the regional government. The employers say they expect the recently-announced series of cuts to lead
to 6000 job losses between now and the end of 2012, with a further 15,000 to follow in 2013. Having initially forecast that the islands could begin to emerge from the current recession in the latter half of this year, the Tenerife CEOE now says the fall in
government spending will now cause the situation to worsen as of June. It has also criticised the controversial decision to raise the main IGIC tax rate to 7% and warns that further fiscal pressure on businesses will bring dire consequences for the regional economy.
CRIME
Break-ins up by 40% in first three months of 2012 ◗A steep rise in house break-ins in the Canaries in the first three months of the year has been interpreted as a further sign of the biting crisis. The increase, 38.8% in Tenerife and 44% in Las Palmas, is twice that recorded for the same category of crimes in the rest of Spain. In contrast, car thefts during the same period fell by almost a fifth. Experts say the situation may reflect the growing need of petty criminals to obtain items that are easier to dispose of for cash.
ENVIRONMENT
Seaweed ‘scare’ for Candelaria beaches ◗A slick scare off the coast at Candelaria on Tuesday was nothing to do with sea pollution, says the local council. Rumours of a hazardous spillage gathered pace during the day, fuelling concerns among beach users. However, the council later issued a statement reassuring the public that the large brown patch which prompted the scare was just a mass of seaweed pushed along by sea currents to the Candelaria shoreline.
Queues at job centres will grow even longer due to the spending cutbacks, predict employers. / DA
LA PALMA
CULTURE
SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE COMES TO TENERIFE
Mayor leads by example with wage cut ◗The mayor of a small town in La Palma is in the headlines after slashing his salary to equate it to the minimum wage. Garafía’s Yeray Rodríguez, who already drew the smallest wage of the island’s mayors (1200 euros per month), has cut it to just 640 euros.
The ice ballet has been a worldwide hit for nearly a decade. / DA www.diariodeavisos.com/thesupplement
◗The Auditorium in Santa Cruz is the venue this week for a unique ballet by the world famous Imperial Ice Stars. The stage of the Auditorum’s Symphony Hall has
been transformed into an ice rink for a total of 8 performances, ending Sunday, of the Sleeping Beauty on Ice show that has delighted audiences since 2004.